i learnt Wheel walking!!

[phil]

Originally posted by harper
I think I will go home and sacrifice a cell phone.

I hope you have more luck than I do; I tried but failed. I’ve spent most of the afternoon learning how to jump down stuff on my muni at speed; blummin’ marvellous fun, but immensely scary the first time you’re approaching the drop at high speed!

After all that, I came home, and just outside my front door I fell off proper-style. I didn’t land on the phone;I landed on the camera. Luckily it was easy to repair; all I’ve got left over is one pesky “do not remove this sticker” sticker…

Phil, just me

[evilewan]

Re: what tire?

Originally posted by James_please02
Do you reckonwheel walkin’ is easier on a trials uni with a knobbly tire? 'cos i reckonitis buti’ve seenmorepictures of people WWing on freestyle unis with smooth tires

in my experience,

the extra grip on a trials tyre helps for traction but makes turning more dificult

and the smoother surface on a primo wall makes turning easier but gives less traction.

one foot wheel walking and glideing is easier on a primo wall than an onza
trials tyre.

you can do it on both. howeve i learned on a trials tyre and then when i got my freestyle uni i found that i was better at wheeklwalking than i thought.
so perhaps the freestyle tyre is better.

[evilewan]

Originally posted by andrew_carter
[B]Thanks for the advice. When I’m not wearing my 661’s I do sometimes feel a bit worried about falling. I’m not worried about falling onto the ground though, I’m worried about the pedals swinging forward quickly and biting my calves. I’ve already done this and it hurts with metal pedals. I will try to fall off backwards onto the grass though just to get my confidence back.

Andrew [/B]

remember to land on you feet.

as the safety concious amoungst us rightly pointed out, you should idealy wear a helmet.

if your worried about the pedals you could always take them off.

[andrew_carter]

Do you reckonwheel walkin’ is easier on a trials uni with a knobbly tire? 'cos i reckonitis buti’ve seenmorepictures of people WWing on freestyle unis with smooth tires

I think the reason you see more people wheel walking on smooth tyres is because the people with smooth tyres are more likely to do any wheel walking. A lot of people with smooth tyres do freestyle, and people with knobby tyres may not do as much wheel walking.

Andrew

[phil]

Originally posted by andrew_carter
I think the reason you see more people wheel walking on smooth tyres is because the people with smooth tyres are more likely to do any wheel walking.

Very true. However all the wheelwalking I’ve done (not much, admittedly) has been on my trials uni; the wideness of the tyre definitely helps.

Phil, just me